The restaurant is doubling the prize to make sure Katrick gets his share of pizza, along with the food bank.

“I thought someone would win, they’d be excited, come in and get their pizzas, but a story like this to come out of a contest like that…” Giuseppe Aiello, the son of the family-run pizza store told CNN affiliate WFMZ.

“It’s better to give than receive, and especially during this time of year — Christmas,” Aiello said.

Katrick said he was inspired to pay-it-forward because of the beneficence he had received from others during his cancer treatment.

“After everything I went through these last few months — I met so many people and have been receiving so much — I felt I wanted to give back.” Katrick said. “The food bank are very thankful they’re amazed by it, they will put it to good use”

Katrick said he had surgery on the stage 2 colon cancer in August, and has been receiving chemotherapy since September.

“My family and friends are amazed — so many positive reactions. Around Christmas it really brought everybody’s spirits up and made people know there are good people in the world fighting the good fight.”

Josh’s father, Ron Katrick, told CNN he is “very proud” of his son.

And his generosity doesn’t end there.

Josh, still reluctant to indulge in all the pizza coming his way, told CNN, “Maybe I’ll share with my friends on Facebook [and] make a contest of my own to see if anyone would like some pizza”.